Configuring the fglrx module for ATI graphics chips in Ubuntu 7.10

Author(s)

Bill Giannikos

Introduction

This guide will help you configure the proprietary fglrx module under Ubuntu 7.10. I will not be covering the open source radeon module included with Xorg because its configuration is normally handled automatically by most Linux distributions. We also wont be covering the newly released readeonhd driver as these are still in an early stage.

Licensing Issues

ATI/AMD provide their own license for their driver. You will need to read and accept this license before proceeding.

Notes

While this guide is mainly focused to laptop users there isn't any difference for desktop users.

Prerequisites

We will be using 'nano' as our text editor of choice but you can use whatever you wish.

You should run a full update for your installation of Ubuntu to ensure you have all the latest packages installed.

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